Animal-tether



(No Model.)

J. W. BATTELLE.

ANIMAL TETHER.

N0..244,843. Patented July 26.1881.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH \V.' BATTELLE, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

"ANIMAL-TETIHER.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,843, dated July 26,1881,

Application filed December 3, 1880. (No model.)

' said tether hereinafter described.

My invention is more especially designed for tethering small stocksuchas calves, colts, sheep, &c.but may be employed for securing largeranimals, if desired. It consists in arranging a swinging arm upon theupper end of an upright standard or post, and of attaching, by means ofa snap-hook, upon the outer end of said arm one end of a chain which isconstructed of I longand short links and provided at one end with asnap-hook, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to"make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, a represents a metal post which is pointed at its lowerend, so that it may be easily driven into the ground. Its upper end isformed or turned down smaller, as shown by dotted lines, to form aspindle, b, and a shoulder, c, for the under side of swinging arm at torest upon when placed upon said post, as represented in Fig. 1. Saidswinging arm cl is secured in position by means of a nut, e,

turned upon the upper end of the post, threads being formed upon saidparts for that purpose. To prevent swinging armidf'saggingor swingingout of a horizontal line, a brace, f, is secured to the under side ofarm d at g, which i is provided with a ring or collar, h, at its lowerend, so that it may be slipped down over the post and allowed to restupon a collar, 5, formed or secured upon said post. The outer end, k, ofswinging arm (I is made in the form of an ordinary snap'hook, being madesmaller,

and bent into the form of a hook, and a spring of the proper shape forthe purpose secured to the upper side of said arm. By this arrangementthe end 1 of chain at may be quickly and easily attached to the end ofthe swinging arm, or shortened, as hereinafter described. Said chain atis constructed in the following manner: It is made up of long links a,with the exception of a short section, 0, at the end where the animal issecured, which is composed of ordinary small links, and provided at theend with a snap-hook, 0, for easy attachment to the halter of the animalto be tethered. The long links a are each provided in this instance withrings 19 at one end, formed upon the straight parts or rods 1* of thelinks, and at the other end with oblong loops or rings g, which arearranged to turn upon the ends of rods 1' by the ends of the rods beingturned down smaller, and passing them through one end of the loops, andthen securing them by means of nuts .9, or otherwise. If desired, therings 1) may also be arranged to turn upon the ends of the rods 1" in asimilar manner.

By making the links it in long lengths and their rings or loops so thatthey will turn, as described, the chain is not liable'to become snarledor twisted up, so as to get entangled with the feet and legs of theanimal secured to the same.

The part 0, which is formed of small links, as before described, is ofonly suflicient length to reach or just clear the surface of the groundwhen the animal is standing and holding its head raised in a naturalposition.

In practice, chains m are made of considerable length, so that theanimal may graze for quite a distance from post a; but they may beshortened to any desired length by simply passing one of the rings 19over the snap-hook k of the swinging arm. Instead of forming post a ofmetal, as before described, it may be made of wood, in which case ametal spindle would be inserted'into the upper end of the post for theswinging arm to turn upon, and a metal collar secured to the post at i.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the loop parts q are represented as being arranged uponboth ends of 2. In a tethering-chain, the combination of links at withturning end rings or loops, q, ar- [5 ranged upon one or both ends ofthe same, and held in position by means of nuts 8 or other suitablefastenin gs, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH W. BATTELLE.

Witnesses:

JAMES H, BANCROFT, ALBERT A. BARKER.

